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Casting my cares on God
Fireworks on Marathon Morning 5:00 a.m. Yes, God! The Honolulu Marathon is tomorrow! Less than 24 hours away. Please take good care of Kit! Keep him safe and well — and if he places in his age...
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Charging Elephants and small snakelike fears
Elephant charging our Land Rover in Swaziland Good Morning, God. When this elephant charged our Land Rover I was TERRIFIED! I was sitting in the back — therefore the CLOSEST. There were 2 or 3...
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Words about Wonder from the Poet Denise Levertov
Sunset Light on Sequoia mountain peaks Good Morning, God! Denise Levertov said it so well, God, in her poem Primary Wonder: “Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems...
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Balancing amidst the Overwhelming Jumble of Options
Philippe Petit, our most famous tightrope walker Good Morning, God! I love this photo — as I loved the movie — for the JOY that Philippe took in his balancing feats. As I pondered my long — 40 day —...
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Prevention, Health and Our Sticky Life Styles
Dr. Neal Palafox. Director of Hawaii's Health Department Good Morning, God! How good to wake up with Kit telling me about the article in the Star Advertiser about the new Director of Health calling for...
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Wetland Waterways and Neural Pathways
View at the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Maine Good Morning, God! Here I am in Andover, MA. As Kit went out the door this morning — to drive to his trombone rehearsals — he was still apologizing...
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Bromeliads, Microbes, and Nourishment
A Bromeliad Bloom Good Day, God! After entering Week Three of Not-Being-Well, I now have a whole new respect for Viruses and for our immune systems. My latest relapse was just a slight sore throat and...
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Getting on with Life
tiny bromeliads (I think) Good Day, God! I love this photo for its Brightness and for the gravel walkway next to it. So like my life right now. Mixed. I sit in the rich soil of life with Roots extended...
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Changing directions — a Helpful Tug
A tugboat puling our ship around so it can leave the harbor in Halifax Good Morning, God! Oh my! Once again I am getting a lesson on the importance of BEING THERE. This is hard for my Mind to...
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Looking Back and. . . Ahead
Diamond Head seen after a swim 1/1/20 Good Evening, God! My wonderful husband Kit is well, and while he has signed up to run the Kauai half marathon in September, he no longer aspires to run...
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The Usefulness of Prayer
Good Day, God I have taken some small steps toward taking You more seriously. (I suspect You are laughing.) It began with doing Centering Prayer twice a day. Then about a month ago it came to me that...
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Compassion for My Human Condition
Pig Pen by Charles Schultz Good Evening God, Having my false self stripped away . . . layer by layer . . . has given me a semi joyful acceptance of my True Self. I am thankful to be me — but I am...
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Time in Silence . . .
Photo by Lauren Buck Medeiros Good Evening, God! “we simply cannot do without the silence of prolonged prayer, which enables us better to perceive God’s language . . ” Pope Francis. This Saturday...
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A Change of Perspective
Good Evening, God Today my wonderful husband Kit and I walked up our valley and on the way down paused at the park. I love turning the corner and looking down the valley — because THERE is the ocean!...
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Just Talking to Someone
Good Evening, God! The power of just talking to someone is amazing! This is the month — July — where I pledged to take “better” care of myself. Letʻs see . . . July 23 and nothing! But, I did share...
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Clean Teeth . . . Clean Soul?
Good Evening, God Yes, the BIG event of the day was that my wonderful husband Kit and I got our teeth cleaned! WOO HOO! We have been getting them cleaned 4 times a year and the last time was back in...
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A World Wide Invitation to a Morning of Centering Prayer in Honolulu
Good Evening, God This is what I have been working on . . . creating screens is a joy . . . but not truly challenging. But, now I am trying to condense a beautiful Welcoming Prayer so that it can fit...
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Worship ME and . . .
Good Evening, God The second temptation of Christ has been in my heart all day. Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And...
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Healing and Praying
Good Morning, God The other day a friend asked, “Does Prayer Work?” And I found myself saying, “That’s the wrong question!” I went on to say — that is the question we ask about objects. Does this...
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WHY we pray for our “Enemies”
Good Evening, God Sunday morning, my wonderful husband Kit came in from getting the morning paper — fulmination about how evil Putin is. Kit is normally a kind hearted soul filled with good will. So I...
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